Toshiba Thrive Has All the Right Connections
Whenever folks talk about a tablet being a “laptop replacement,” this seems quite ridiculous. Most folks have tons of data on a flash drive, and yet their tablet has no port to accept it. No, those skinny tablets are all about good looks, and fall flat on their face when it is time to get [...]
Continue reading...Intel Up, Atom… Not So Much
Thursday, July 21, 2011
Intel reported some 2nd quarter sales figures, and the good news for them is that overall their profits are 13 billion, up a more than healthy 21% from the same time last year. The bottom line is that most companies would be envious of that to be sure. However, the one sore spot seems to be [...]
Continue reading...Tablet Shipments Drop
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
Tablets are replacing netbooks; well not really that always seems to be the headline. After all, the recent netbook sales figures would suggest that everyone is buying tablets. Well, not so fast. For the 1st quarter of 2011, there were 7.2 million tablets sold. This sound quite robust, until this is put through the perspective that [...]
Continue reading...Acer Aspire One Happy 2 Netbook
Monday, July 11, 2011
Coming from the ‘Down under” of Australia, Acer is coming out with their Aspire One Happy 2 netbook. Yet another example of a netbook name that hardly rolls off the tongue. It is the revamped version of Acer’s bestselling netbook. The Happy 2 is a 10.1″ display netbook, in a 1.3 kg package. There is a [...]
Continue reading...Samsung NC215S For Preorder
Sunday, July 10, 2011
Samsungs’s NC215S offers some serious solar technology, with photovoltaic cells across the lid. It promises to bump the runtime up an hour for every two hours of suntime. For unplugged computing in the desert, this might be the ticket. It was first announced last month, and now Amazon has it up for preorder. Aside from the [...]
Continue reading...Lenovo’s ThinkPad X121e
Tuesday, July 5, 2011
Lenovo is on the verge of releasing their ThinkPad X121e, the successor to the able X120e. It has the 11.6″, 1366 x 768 display that walks the line between netbook and ultraportable when you need to do some serious work on the road. This device is notable as it can be configured with two processor options. [...]
Continue reading...Hondo Chip
Monday, July 4, 2011
AMD leaked its roadmap of upcoming Fusion chips, and they seem to be getting serious about this space. Codenamed Hondo, they are targeting a 2W power level. Now that is seriously low, and below the current Atom parts, so they are taking the fight to where Intel lives. Its 2 Bobcat cores will support Direct 11 [...]
Continue reading...Acer Aspire One AOD257 Netbook
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
For all of Acer’s shortcomings, they do one thing quite well, and that is to undercut the competition. On a personal note, I do own two of their products, and while not the absolute highest quality, they do both get the job done. The AOD257 makes one wonder why should anyone trade Windows for a Chromebook [...]
Continue reading...Acer AC700 Chromebook
Monday, June 27, 2011
While the concept of the Google Chromebook is intriguing, the initial pricing definitely seemed too high to me. After all, the point of giving up Windows was to bring the price down, and with Windows netbooks for significantly less, the Chromebook makes little sense. Enter the Acer AC700 Chromebook, a second wave of the Chromebook. The [...]
Continue reading...Asus Eee Pad Transformer 2
Sunday, June 26, 2011
The Asus Eee Pad Transformer is a device that is designed to combine the best of a tablet with a netbook. By docking the tablet into a keyboard, it can be used as a netbook. While the concept is solid, it has been a tough sell by straddling categories. However, Asus is investing in this, and [...]
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HP TouchPad 4G
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